Mount tilt feature: motion sickness and a plea for an on/off toggle

[eternalmagic]

Okay, commenting a second time because with the Eden mount and all the chocobos that come up in my mount roul it's very apparent. Worst offender is also the Landerwaffe, one of my faves

PLEASE tone this down for default, and also please give the toggle.

[Ryuichi_Kato]

I really like the mount tilt it makes the movement of the mounts looks more natural and make them for me more immersive.

Some mounts are the tilt a bit extre but elsewhere im glad about this movement improvement.

But for the people who didnt like it or get motion sick because of that should get a option to disable it.

So hope that they add a Option anytime soon for this players.

[Gyson]

I'm positive that the new mount animations are the culprit for the motion sickness I'm experiencing, at least. I've experimented with different graphical settings available to me, and the only time I'm getting nausea and headaches are when riding/flying on any other mount than the Miw Miisv (which doesn't tilt). Otherwise I'm completely fine when watching the story scenes, exploring the areas on foot, doing roulettes etc.

In the absence of an immediate solution I would recommend not staring at the mount while you travel, but rather look at other parts of the scene (like the horizon, or focusing on wherever you're going). If it is the mount's animation causing the issue it should not be nearly as impactful to you if it's off in your peripheral vision.

[Rosenoire]

In the absence of an immediate solution I would recommend not staring at the mount while you travel, but rather look at other parts of the scene (like the horizon, or focusing on wherever you're going). If it is the mount's animation causing the issue it should not be nearly as impactful to you if it's off in your peripheral vision.

That's very easy to say, but not at all easy to do, especially for some of us.

[Gyson]

That's very easy to say, but not at all easy to do, especially for some of us.

It's just a suggestion. If you zoom out the mount only occupies a very small percentage of the screen, and it's not like you can never look at it. Since it only tilts when you change direction then that's when you would benefit from looking elsewhere (like towards the destination you're aiming for). I don't stare at my steering wheel while I'm driving, do you?

If you prefer to stay zoomed in to the point where the mount is occupying most of your screen, and you are determined to practicing your nap of the earth flying skills as you constantly weave around bits of terrain then, yes, obviously the advice is going to be worthless.

[Rosenoire]

I don't just have motion sickness in game. I can't read in a moving vehicle, and I have to keep my eyes closed when my wife is driving up highway 1 alone the coast of NorCal because I'll throw up otherwise. I also have trifocal lenses, so switching focal points without moving my head means going from the computer band to the distance band. I apologize for snapping; I reacted badly to your suggestion because I've spent a lot of time dealing with this, and I know what works--and what doesn't--to mitigate the condition. There's been some pretty dismissive comments from people in this thread who don't have motion sickness and don't understand why it's an issue.

[gllt]

Bumping for visibility because Square needs to address this

[Ainariel]

Replying for visibility and to post a list of mounts I've been able to use without motion sickness so far:

No tilt on the ground
Miw Miisv
Chokorpokkur
Cavalry Drake
Rolling Tankard

No tilt while flying
Miw Miisv

Square Enix, please bring us an on/off toggle for the mount tilt! Lots of people (myself included) are now restricted to using only few select mounts since the new mount tilt feature gives them motion sickness both on the ground and in the air.

[Gyson]

I don't just have motion sickness in game. I can't read in a moving vehicle, and I have to keep my eyes closed when my wife is driving up highway 1 alone the coast of NorCal because I'll throw up otherwise. I also have trifocal lenses, so switching focal points without moving my head means going from the computer band to the distance band. I apologize for snapping; I reacted badly to your suggestion because I've spent a lot of time dealing with this, and I know what works--and what doesn't--to mitigate the condition. There's been some pretty dismissive comments from people in this thread who don't have motion sickness and don't understand why it's an issue.

I am genuinely confused. I don't use glasses (yet) so just assume there's a lot of ignorance in my statement. But the focal point is the screen... whether it's the middle of the screen where the game's horizon is located or the bottom of your screen where your mount is positioned, it's still the same screen. Why would you need to switch which part of the lens you're looking through in that scenario (as the physical distance to the screen is the same in either case)?

Unless your saying that (without moving your head) the band your eyes are looking through changes because a few inches of travel up/down the screen combined with the lens being divided into three sections is causing your eyes to look through the wrong band. That would be annoying. Although I imagine the same issue would happen just looking at various parts of your interface (e.g. switching from chat at the bottom to your screen to your minimap at the top).

[gllt]

Square should reach out to someone about this one like they finally have for the eye strain